Momentum has no impact on what will happen in a series, the next game, or even the next inning. Do you think the Yankees had a mind/heart set that they would win last night's game after tying it in the 9th? I'm guessing they did. Their comeback momentum lasted 1/2 of an inning.
I'll take an anticlimactic World Series win over a heartbreaking World Series loss any day.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
I'm not sure. Just imagine if the Red Sox got past the Yankees winning four in a row and then went on to lose the W.S. In that scenario, the 86 year thing continues. Even though Yankees fans would have been humiliated over the loss, they would have had a good laugh over the Red Sox continued failure to win a W.S.To be perfectly honest, winning a ring that year was second on my all time Sox moments.
First was eliminating the Yankees in the ALCS after falling behind 3 games to none.
Ultimately, the Red Sox needed both to happen--they need to kick the Yankess ass to eliminate one ghost, and then they needed to win the W.S. to eliminate the other ghost.
Since 2004, the Red Sox have obviously had the advantage over the Yankees, not only in winning 4 championships this century, but in defeating the Yankees in the playoffs in 2004 and 2018. The Yankees are now the team that has a few ghosts to overcome.
Last edited by Fan_since_Boggs; 10-21-2019 at 02:36 PM.
Agree with this. I would have to look it up, but I don't think the Cardinals ever had the lead in that W.S. OR they had the lead for only one or two innings.I think it was good that we swept the Cards. I don't think I could have handled a series with any more drama or pressure in it after the ALCS. LOL
The St. Louis Cardinals never had a lead in the 2004 World Series:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p.../2004_WS.shtml
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
The Orioles used only 4 pitchers in that series. Dave McNally allowed 2 runs in 2 1/3 in Game 1, then Moe Drabowsky pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings in relief. Jim Palmer, Wally Bunker and McNally followed with complete game shutouts.
Drysdale lost games 1 and 4, Koufax and Claude Osteen lost the other 2. Koufax retired at age 30 after that series.
The Yankees could go 0-162 and it wouldn't be enough